Heard a massive bang in my house but can’t work out what it was.

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I only moved here a few weeks ago. I was in the bathroom which is downstairs and heard a massive bang like something exploded or something really heavy fell. part of the bathroom is in original house and part is in a ground level extension so no rooms above it. Next to it is a small room with hot water tank, washing machine, heating pipes. None of which were on. Other side is the kitchen. Nothing switched on there either. I’ve gone round the whole house and can’t see anything out of place or evidence of any “explosion”. Starting to worry there has been some sort of hidden pipe burst somewhere. Is that even possible?

We have had a olive oil explosion too!

The last unexplainable explosion turned out to be a neighbor teaching his son to make pipe bombs.

Do you have a cat? Ours makes the most god awful thud when he jumps/falls off the top of the wardrobe. He's the most ungraceful cat ever.

I'm with the check for loose live wires, especially if you can detect an odd fihy smell. We had a new boiler fitted, but the old cable was left hanging and still live It would occasionally brush up against a pipe and cause a really loud bang. Scared the shit out of me.

That should say odd fishy smell.....

Happened here couple years ago, the electric meter had exploded!

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